Hospital characteristics affecting potentially avoidable emergency admissions: National ecological study

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 110-118

  O'Cathain, A ^a   Knowles, E ^a   Maheswaran, R ^a   Turner, J ^a   Hirst, E ^b   Goodacre, S ^a   Pearson, T ^a   Nicholl, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Sheffield Emergency Care Forum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access and evaluation; Emergency treatment; Health care quality; Variation analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INFANT; MANAGER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901432619     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: 17581044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951484814525357     Document Type: Article

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